Drake Bell and Josh Peck
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Drake Bell shared that his Drake & Josh co-star Josh Peck has “reached out” to him, providing assist after he revealed in Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV that he was abused.
Within the harrowing four-part ID docuseries, the actor-musician shared his story of alleged abuse by his former dialogue coach, Brian Peck, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a Nickelodeon little one actor in 2004. Viewers have now realized that Bell, who was a minor at 15 years of age on the time, was on the heart of that felony case and conviction.
Following the revelations about allegations of abuse, some followers took to Josh Peck’s social media to criticize him for staying silent. After Bell’s stint on The Amanda Present from 1999 to 2002, he later starred alongside Josh Peck within the well-liked Nickelodeon present, Drake & Josh, for 4 seasons from 2004 to 2007.
“The silence is so loud Josh.. makes me unhappy,” one particular person wrote within the remark part of Josh Peck’s newest Instagram publish from March 12, whereas one other particular person added, “The silence is disgusting.”
On Tuesday, the day after the second a part of the docuseries was launched, Bell determined to take to TikTok to ask followers to “take it a bit of straightforward” on Josh Peck.
“I simply wish to clear one thing up,” he stated within the video. “I’ve observed plenty of feedback on a few of Josh’s TikToks and a few of his posts and I simply wish to allow you to guys know that processing this and going by means of this can be a actually emotional time and plenty of it is rather, very troublesome.”
Bell continued, “So not every little thing is put out to the general public, however I simply need you guys to know that he [Peck] has reached out to me, and it’s been very delicate, however he has reached out to speak with me and assist me work by means of this and has been actually, actually nice. So I simply wished to allow you to guys know that and to take it a bit of straightforward on him.”
Josh Peck beforehand spoke out about his relationship with Bell, greater than a decade after Drake & Josh ended. The actor admitted on a March 2022 episode of the podcast, BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards and Brianna Chickenfry, that the pair had been now not pals.
“We had been children, proper? Clearly, there have been instances after we had been nearer than not, however when inevitably the present ended – I imply, we’re simply completely completely different children,” Josh Peck stated on the time. “Drake & Josh is one thing I’ll be synonymous with perpetually, and I’m happy with it. And I wish to just like the man that my identify is connected to perpetually, however sadly, it simply type of labored out the way in which that it did.”
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Josh Peck’s rep for remark.
The docuseries Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV additionally outlined allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate habits involving underage stars and crewmembers on Nickelodeon TV present units overseen by Dan Schneider. These applications included The Amanda Present, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Victorious and Sam & Cat. Schneider has since damaged his silence after watching the docuseries.
It was additionally revealed that varied actors and leisure trade insiders, together with Ron Melendez, Alan Thicke, James Marsden, Rider Sturdy and Will Friedle, wrote letters in assist of Brian Peck, which had been used to affect the decide throughout sentencing.
Earlier this week, Bell known as out Sturdy and Friedle, who starred in Boys Meets World, for not apologizing for his or her assist of Brian Peck. Devon Werkheiser, who starred in Nickelodeon‘s Ned’s Declassified College Survival Information, additionally confronted backlash this week for mocking the docuseries, however he later apologized.